Copshop Writer Suing Management Company Over Breach of Contract
The screenwriter of Copshop is suing his management company over an alleged breach of contract. Kurt McLeod wrote the Joe Carnahan-directed action-thriller Copshot, a riveting shoot-em-up released in 2021. Although this is McLeod's first full feature film writing credit, Carnahan is a veteran of the big screen with notable films such as Narc, Smokin' Aces, and the recent sci-fi hit Boss Level under his belt.
Copshop stars Frank Grillo as a con artist named Teddy Muretto who, in an attempt to escape a bounty on his head, allows himself to be arrested by rookie cop Valerie Young, played by Watchmen's Alexis Crouder. Held at a small local police station, Muretto is targeted by multiple hitmen including Bob Viddick, played by 300's Gerard Butler. Similar to John Carpenter's Assault on Precinct 13, the poorly staffed police station becomes a bullet-ridden battleground as hitmen, a rookie cop, and Grillo's con artist cross fire.
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THR reports McLeod is now suing Zero Gravity Management, his agency at the time, for breach of contract. The complaint alleges that during McLeod's time with the company, his managers, Eric and Mark Williams, rarely served their client's best interests, causing McLeod damages in excess of one million dollars. In 2020, the managers negotiated an option agreement with production company Sculptor Media LLC, which set McLeod's screenwriting fee as 2.5% of the film's proposed budget with a cap at $125,000. The complaint argues that the Williams brothers withheld the true budget of Copshop, convincing McLeod that the cap on his fee was "reasonable" for the purpose of accumulating more money for themselves as producers. The official complaint states
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